I love the Mizuno racket, has been using Altius control since beginning of this year, absolute my favourite. Love to get the Altius 01 feel, but nowhere to get it with affortable price
I personally owned an Altius 01 Feel before. My experience with it was terrific especially good with clears and get-out-of-jail card shots. Decided to trade it at the end due to trying a racket I felt was better than it. As for the price, all Made-In-Japan Mizuno rackets are high-end and of course, made in Japan. I'd assume all their made-in-Japan rackets are JP-coded. The Altius I had was JP-coded. Mizuno's high-end rackets are amazing, but what makes it avoidable is the pricing.
I see several Victor-sponsored Indonesian players, both singles and doubles, are playing with Ryuga 2
Yeah, I recognize Chico Dwi Wardoyo used it when he played against Prannoy & Vittinghus (From the purple decals on the side of the frame and the head shape). Last time I remember he used the Thruster F Enhanced Edition back in the 2021 Spain Masters.
Interesting to see all 4 MS semifinalist are using different rackets even though they are all Yonex-sponsored. Viktor-100ZZ Kunlavut-88DP Kodai Naraoka-99P Kanta Tsuneyama-Arc7Pro (?)
Dechapol changes his racket again. This time from arc 7 pro to arc 11 pro. Is arc 7 pro that bad? Haha.
Actually I am even more surprised to see that many players choosing Arc11Pro. Was expecting pro players to prefer repulsion than hold. Well, I guess when you are on pro level, it doesn't matter that much
Arc 7 pro feels too soft upon contact of shuttle because of the medium shaft plus shuttle hold, Dechapol playing XD would need a more solid/harder hitting racket.
Another bunch of videos from CK Yew channel (French open): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6QN9v08-lI